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Pandora Dewan

Bird flu strikes 1st child in the US — CDC says infection source unknown

An electron microscope image of a flu virus.

A child in California is recovering from H5N1 bird flu after becoming the first kid in the Unites States to get infected with the virus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports.

The source of the child's infection is still unknown, but possible routes of exposure are being investigated by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH).

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